In Search of Beadle Lu: Stories of an American in China - Softcover

Loh, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595097375 ISBN 13: 9780595097371

Publisher: iUniverse, 2000

Synopsis

Follow an American college student and his classmates through what has shaped up to be some of the most formative experiences in their lives to dateliving and travelling in mainland China. With high hopes of adventure in an exotic, foreign land, the author and his companions instead confront and endure the physical, emotional, and mental challenges of living in modern China. On a deeper level, though, they witness and reflect upon history in the makingan ancient civilization struggling to remake itself economically, politically, and socially. The books backdrop is a harrowing adventure in search of distant relatives in the Chinese countryside the author, until that summer, did not know existed. This truly American tale of one young mans search for his roots is a story for all to enjoy and gain from.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Loh is a native of Dallas, Texas. He attended Georgetown University where he received his Bachelors degree in Political Science. While at Georgetown, he studied abroad in mainland China in the summer of 1993. Loh is currently a student at the University of Texas School of Law.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595097375
• ISBN 13: 9780595097371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196